TAB. III. 





ACROSTICHUM 



V 



GLANDULOSUM 



FILICES. 



G Y R l 



a.tje. Br. 



Polypodiace^. Kaulf. Filices veree. Willd. 





Gen. Char. ACROSTICHUM* Linn 



frondis (interdum diversae) vel ad ejus partem sparsae 

 in quibusdam capsulis interstinctae) . B 



* 



Sori amorphi, seu Capsula per totam paginam inferiorem 



Indusium nullum (nisi squamulae v. setae 



Acrostichum glandulomm ; fronde simplici oblonga coriacea basi apiceque acutiuscula subnervosa 



nudiuscula glabra glanduloso-punctata, stipite subsquamoso, caudice dense paleaceo. 

 Acrostichum glandulosum. Carmichael MSS. 



9 



Acrostichum oblongum ? Desv. Journ. de Bot. 1813. p. 271. 

 Hab. In promontorio Bonae Spei. Carmkhael. 



Caudex repens, crassus, lig 



'9 



squamis ferrugineis, membranaceis, ciliato-dentatis, densissime obsitus 





Stipes 2—5 uncias longus, hinc sulcatus, basi praecipue subsquamosus 



Frondes 3 



5-pollicares, oblongae, coriaceae, margine parum revolutae, medio 



costatee, nervis obscuris parallelis 



punctis glandulosis pellucidis adspers», csetero glabne, nitida>, costa subtus paululum paleacea, basi apiceque 





acutiusculae 



-fertiles fronde minore angustiore, sed stipite long 



Capsida totam frondem tegentes, fuscae, numerosissunae ; longe pedicellatae, annulo magno 

 Semina sphaerica, marginata, margine tuberculato. 



Fig 



Capsulae 



f. 2 



Capsula magis 



f. 



Semina 



magn 



This is very nearly allied to A. conforme of Swart 



but 



fectly destitute of glandular dots 



» 



our specimens of that plant are per 



which Kaulfuss unites with the A. conforme 



Still more closely does it approach the A. oblongum of Desvaux 





